smoldering remains
Example Sentences
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Investigations traced the outbreak of the wildfire in April 2022 under extremely dry conditions to hidden, smoldering remains of a prescribed burn of forest debris commissioned by the Forest Service earlier in the winter.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023
The tale starts long before the rise and fall of the Vijayanagar empire, in the smoldering remains of a “tiny, defeated kingdom.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023
“Most of the community of Lincoln Heights is gone,” Greene said Saturday, describing a scene of eerie quiet as smoke hung over the smoldering remains of the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2022
This is, of course, similar to setting your own house on fire and, as you stand in the smoldering remains, declaring yourself a very stable genius for remembering how to dial 911.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2020
A girl in a multicolored dress stood by the smoldering remains of the sofa.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
